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​In equestrian riding, it's important to keep one's heels pointing downward within the stirrups – if the heels move up, the rider has less control. This can be difficult to learn, however, which is why Gallop Equine has created the sensor-packin' Bluetooth-connected SmartBoot.

​Australian cattle stations (aka ranches) can be huge, so checking on all the cows is a big task. With that in mind, the CSIRO national science agency has teamed up with agtech startup Ceres Tag to develop an ear tag that not only tracks the animals' whereabouts, but also detects unusual activity.

Korean audio house Phiaton has gone truly wireless with the successfully crowdfunded Bolt BT 700 earphones, which come with a charging case that rocks its own speaker so that you can share tunes with friends.​

Bovet's Récital 22 Grand Récital wristwatch has taken home the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix from the 18th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The coveted haute horlogerie award for the "best of the best" topped the list of 17 major prize categories that celebrate the top tier of Swiss watchmaking.

Sometimes two movements are better than one, as Swiss watchmaker Armin Strom demonstrates with its Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance wristwatch. Its two movements keep track of the time in two different zones and make it more accurate thanks to clever use of resonance.

Bremont is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Concorde supersonic airliner with the release of the Supersonic watch. The first manually-wound Bremont, the timepiece takes design cues from the aircraft, as well as featuring actual metal taken from British Airways Concorde Alpha Bravo.

Audio Technica has added Bluetooth wireless technology to its studio favorite. The ATH-M50xBT headphones will rock on for up to 40 hours per charge and come with CD-quality codecs for the promise of top notch cable-free music enjoyment on the move.

One of the last Rolex watches worn by superspy James Bond is going up for auction. One of two Submariner dive watches used during the filming of the 1989 thriller Licence to Kill, the vintage timepiece is expected to fetch £60,000.

We've written about electronically adaptive eye-glasses that can switch between everyday and reading modes at the touch of a button before, but nothing has made it to the wider market yet. So this Japanese company's TouchFocus design might be the first to get the concept up and running.